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Workman's Coach
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:00 am
by mhlr
Well, as there's not much on this topic, I thought I'd add one of my coaches... it's a scratch built workmans coach made from ply, I used the blunt side of a stanley knife to make the planking effect. The wheels and buffers are from that wicked company Cambrian!
The coach behind was from Ebay from a small 'garden shed' firm called Andy's Models. It goes with mine very nicely!
I'm also going to be making some bogie coaches like this, but wider to suit Edrig! (along with a gaurd's van).
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:19 am
by SillyBilly
Nice Coaches! Make sure you've got a good, low centre of gravity when making carriages for an 'Edrig'.
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:20 am
by mhlr
Yeah, I will, I'll probs add a lead weight under them.
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:14 am
by ACLR
Nice looking carriages there Pete
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:08 pm
by steamyjim
Looks great Pete
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:02 am
by Chris Cairns
I'd seen that coach on ebay, so it is good that it matches your coach very well.
Chris Cairns.
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 10:11 pm
by mhlr
DISASTER!!!!!
My very expensive Workmans coach :roll: (the one that cost me a arm n a leg on ebay!) left the rails on the bridge and smashed. We beleive it's due to terroists on the MHLR. (trackwork is guna be redone over the bridges with new gantry bridges ;) ).
A rebuild is guna be done, with a new corragated roof like my workman's...
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 10:23 pm
by Chris Cairns
Ouch, but at least it is repairable.
When it ever gets built my Garden Railway is going to include a rather long bridge, and my thoughts are that it should be protected in some way (gantry, etc.) to prevent just such damage, particularly with an expensive locomotive.
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 10:27 pm
by SillyBilly
Ouch, not nice Pete
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 10:50 pm
by mhlr
CCairns wrote:Ouch, but at least it is repairable.
When it ever gets built my Garden Railway is going to include a rather long bridge, and my thoughts are that it should be protected in some way (gantry, etc.) to prevent just such damage, particularly with an expensive locomotive.
Well, funnily enough my parcel from GRS arrived tuver day, some aluminium gantry bridges. The ones I have ATM are temp., and this weather, they have expanded and caused the rails to not quite fit properly
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:06 am
by bungle80a
a possible solution for your expanding track is to have a short length of track just b4 it which has 2 sets of rails for it. one set for colder periods and the other set a couple of mm shorter for when the weather picks up! All you have to is swap them over when necessary. this obviously only works if the bridge is lift out or hinged.
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:21 am
by Chris Cairns
Does Mamod track expand much in sunny weather?
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:44 pm
by Matt
Nah. Well, at least not with mine, but I live in the north of england, and it never gets as hot as down south.
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:04 pm
by MuzTrem
Unlucky Pete
But if its any consolation, I managed to damage three wagons in a derailment yesterday as well!
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 7:33 pm
by mhlr
MuzTrem wrote:Unlucky Pete
But if its any consolation, I managed to damage three wagons in a derailment yesterday as well!
Must be the hot weather throughout the UK then!!!
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 8:27 pm
by laalratty
Ouch not nice. Hope you can get the damage repaired quickly. BTW the real short term solution to expanding rails is pouring cold water on them!
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 8:42 pm
by steamyjim
Thats not good Pete
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 2:12 pm
by mhlr
I fixed the coach, all back together again running smoothly. Has a corrugated metal roof on now. 1 thing is though, how do you lot fix windows in place? On this coach, they are bits of clear plastic stuck on from the outside. I restuck them on with tiny dabs of super glue, but it makes the windows a bit cloudy and shows up your finger prints on the windows.... Pics when I can get out when it's stopped raining lol!
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 3:31 pm
by andysleigh
mhlr wrote:I fixed the coach, all back together again running smoothly. Has a corrugated metal roof on now. 1 thing is though, how do you lot fix windows in place? On this coach, they are bits of clear plastic stuck on from the outside. I restuck them on with tiny dabs of super glue, but it makes the windows a bit cloudy and shows up your finger prints on the windows.... Pics when I can get out when it's stopped raining lol! :lol:
let me guess, u gotthe roof idea from 16mm mag
Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 4:38 pm
by mhlr
andysleigh wrote:mhlr wrote:I fixed the coach, all back together again running smoothly. Has a corrugated metal roof on now. 1 thing is though, how do you lot fix windows in place? On this coach, they are bits of clear plastic stuck on from the outside. I restuck them on with tiny dabs of super glue, but it makes the windows a bit cloudy and shows up your finger prints on the windows.... Pics when I can get out when it's stopped raining lol! :lol:
let me guess, u gotthe roof idea from 16mm mag
Nope